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What happened in history on this day: April 1?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1976 - Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne incorporate the Apple Computer Company, on April Fool's Day. Ownership is split 45/45/10, respectively.
- 1993 - Lou Gerstner replaces John Akers as chairman and CEO of IBM.
- 1997 - In the lawsuit of Intel versus Cyrix, Cyrix agrees to a settlement, agreeing to acknowledge the term "MMX" as an Intel trademark.
- 2000 - Negotiations for a settlement between Microsoft and the US Department of Justice over the monopoly issue fail.
- 2003 - Intel releases the 2.3 and 2.4 GHz Celeron processor, for low-price computers. Prices are US$117 and US$127, respectively, in 1000-unit quantities.
Video Game history:
- 1994 - Nintendo releases the Super Metroid video game for the Super NES in the US.
- 1997 - Midway releases the Doom 64 video game for the Nintendo 64 in the US.
- 2000 - Nintendo releases the Pokémon Trading Card video game for the Game Boy Color in the US.
- 2002 - Sony reduces the price of several PlayStation 2 video game titles in the US, releasing them as "Greatest Hits" for US$24.99 each. First titles are: ATV Offroad Fury, Dark Clouds, Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, Twisted Metal: Black.
- 2003 - In Japan, Square and Enix complete merging companies to form Square Enix.
- 2006 - Ubisoft releases the America's Army: Rise of a Soldier video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
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